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SLXGIXC; 13IUDS — OSCINES. 



and lined with hair and root fibres. The eggs, live, are gi'ayish-white, 

 spotted witli brown. (Nuttall.) 



They migrate north to lat. 42°, east of tire mountains, and may be found 

 in this State west of the SieiTa Nevada. Heermann mentions them as 

 " abundant," but probably means to the eastward. I am, however, informed 

 that Mr. llepbiu'u has taken several specimens in California. 



Genus AMMODROMUS, Swainson. 



Ammodromus, Swainson, Zool. Juur. III. 1827. (Type, Oriulus cw.dacutus, Gmelin.) 



Gen. Char. Bill very long, slender, and attenuated, considerably curved towards the 

 tip above. The gonys straight. The legs and toes are very long, and reach considerably 

 beyond the tip of the short tail. The tarsus is about equal to the elongated middle toe ; 



A. raudacutus. 



the lateral toes equal, their claws falling considerably short of the base of the middle one ; 

 the liiiiil claw e(iual to the lateral one. Wings short, reaching to the base of the tail ; 

 much rounded ; the secondaries and tortials equal, and nut much shorter than the prima- 



A. caudaculus. 



